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Good planning with an exacting eye for detail based on the unique needs of northern Aboriginal families has resulted in national recognition for a northern Quebec band.

With a very high birth rate and a population that has nearly doubled over the past 10 years the Cree Nation of Chisasibi on James Bay realized it needed houses that would accommodate ever larger and younger families.

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Good planning with an exacting eye for detail based on the unique needs of northern Aboriginal families has resulted in national recognition for a northern Quebec band.

With a very high birth rate and a population that has nearly doubled over the past 10 years the Cree Nation of Chisasibi on James Bay realized it needed houses that would accommodate ever larger and younger families.

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Ding dong, the department's dead. Which old department? The mean old department.

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Ding dong, the department's dead. Which old department? The mean old department.

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I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Windspeaker's faithful readers to our new monthly publication. First of all, I would like to clarify the reasons why we decided to publish on a monthly basis.

The first impression some readers may have had is that Windspeaker has gone to a monthly format because of financial restraints.

Fortunately this is not the case, although because we are funded through advertising and subscription, some of the reason has to do with finance.

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I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Windspeaker's faithful readers to our new monthly publication. First of all, I would like to clarify the reasons why we decided to publish on a monthly basis.

The first impression some readers may have had is that Windspeaker has gone to a monthly format because of financial restraints.

Fortunately this is not the case, although because we are funded through advertising and subscription, some of the reason has to do with finance.

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First Great Whale is stopped and now Alcan's Kemano II - the last few months have provided much to celebrate in Indian Country.

The $1. 3 billion hydroelectric monster, known as the Kemano Completion Project, which promised to change forever the face of the Fraser River system in British Columbia, met its undignified demise Jan. 23.

Acting as coroner, provincial Mike Harcourt took the pulse of common opinion, and with the insight granted politicians during the months leading to an election, announced KCP dead.

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First Great Whale is stopped and now Alcan's Kemano II - the last few months have provided much to celebrate in Indian Country.

The $1. 3 billion hydroelectric monster, known as the Kemano Completion Project, which promised to change forever the face of the Fraser River system in British Columbia, met its undignified demise Jan. 23.

Acting as coroner, provincial Mike Harcourt took the pulse of common opinion, and with the insight granted politicians during the months leading to an election, announced KCP dead.

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Former Long Lake Band councilors claiming election and financial irregularities complained that Chief Gordon Gadwa had hired outside security to prevent resumption of a blockade of band buildings.

Gadwa countered that he was just ensuring the rights of band members to go about their own business.

Fourteen people were arrested on the morning of Jan. 18, for defying a November Court of Queen's Bench injunction ordering the end of the blockade.

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Former Long Lake Band councilors claiming election and financial irregularities complained that Chief Gordon Gadwa had hired outside security to prevent resumption of a blockade of band buildings.

Gadwa countered that he was just ensuring the rights of band members to go about their own business.

Fourteen people were arrested on the morning of Jan. 18, for defying a November Court of Queen's Bench injunction ordering the end of the blockade.